Abortion
8 Mar
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said France would not rest until the right to abortion, now protected by the French constitution in a world first, was guaranteed in the EU rights charter and around the globe.
4 Mar
French lawmakers are expected on Monday to anchor the right to abortion in the country's constitution, a world first that has garnered overwhelming public support. A congress of both houses of parliament, which gathered in Versailles, should find the three-fifths majority needed for the change after it overcame initial resistance in the right-leaning Senate. If…
14 Feb
A French Senate committee said Wednesday it was "not against" enshrining the freedom to have an abortion in the constitution ahead of a vote in the upper chamber this month. President Emmanuel Macron last year pledged to inscribe the right to abortion -- which has been legal in France since 1974 -- in the constitution…
14 Dec
The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ordered Poland to pay a woman 16,000 euros (more than $17,000) for denying her the right to abort a foetus with abnormalities. Poland has one of Europe's toughest abortion laws. Abortion in the majority-Catholic country is now legal only if the pregnancy results from sexual assault or…
9 Dec
The Supreme Court of Texas late Friday blocked an emergency abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus was determined to be not viable, US media reported.
3 Nov
Phyna, the winner of Big Brother Naija Season 7, has publicly apologized for her controversial take on the issue of abortion. It all started in a recent interview with Chude Jideonwo where reality TV star Phyna made a statement generalizing that all women have had one or two abortions, stating that she herself has had…
17 Oct 2023
In an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, "The Woman in Me", Britney Spears reveals that she was pregnant with Justin Timberlake's baby before they decided to get an abortion. Spears says that Justin was "terrified" at the thought of becoming a father at such a young age, and that she and Timberlake decided to terminate…
23 Jun 2023
Donald Trump's main rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination talked up their tough stances on abortion Friday as they sought to outflank the frontrunner on an issue he has been accused of fudging.
22 Jun 2023
Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that women can challenge state laws punishing abortion, regardless of whether they are pregnant.
19 Jun 2023
The phone has been ringing nonstop for a year. Linda Prine, a New York doctor, repeats her advice on a loop: "Make sure you're drinking plenty of fluids;" "Take some ibuprofen;" "Everything's fine, you can relax."
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